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Thanksgiving in Birmingham

Thanksgiving in Birmingham

The clan convened at Marie’s house for Thanksgiving this year. The Day included 4 generations (from my mother down to my grandchildren, and a couple of grand-dogs). The day after, while David went hunting with Kevin, we took the girls to the park. The sky was...

Wedding

Wedding

Over the weekend of September 17, my brother-in-law, Chuck tied the knot with Ellie on Block Island (RI). Of course, feeding the new spouse wedding cake continues to be quite the event! Quick, but fun weekend seeing a place, visiting with family and of course,...

Sleepy Claw

Sleepy Claw

Aren’t smart phones like the iPhone or Droid neat? Kevin sends us the “Picture of the Day” from his iPhone several times a week. When we were up in Birmingham last week we noticed that Genevieve works hard to free her hands before she settles in to...

Another generation joins the workforce

Another generation joins the workforce

I’ve noticed that over the last year or 2 something that I might perceive as alarming keeps happening. We keep interviewing and hiring my children’s classmates. So far, in our department we have 3 employees who went to high school with my 2 older children...

Vacation Update

Vacation Update

July 3: Judy gave us a tour of historic Lewes, Delaware. Pretty little town. Fireworks off Cape May were very nice – I have short video’s taken from the ferry cruise, but I’m not sure I have the proper software on the laptop to convert them for the...

from our past

from our past

My mom cannot understand why we really like this photo. But, we do. She thinks she looks “all done in.” But, I see a serene smile. This is scanned from the box of old photos that we dug through after Stewart’s funeral. I hope that there are more to...

Wedding Pictures

Wedding Pictures

are beginning to be posted. The album is still growing, but you can find it here [no longer available] I’ve started with only 11 images, but it should be growing fairly rapidly for a while. With only 2 people giving me stuff, I found I had over 500 images to...

Soon I can post pictures

With all the wedding preparations, it’s frustrating not to be able to post pictures — in about 7 weeks tho, the wraps will be off the wedding dress, and the photos can go out for all (including Kevin) to see. Last week I watched a cold Marie pose outdoors...

Old Friends & memories

Old Friends & memories

I found this in my “drafts.” It’s a couple of years old, now. (I hadn’t realized that this site was that old!) I wish I had finished it, because I wonder where I was headed. And now, so much more has happened. Marie is making preparations for...